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arXiv:2509.22073 · PRX Quantum

Noise Cross-Correlations from Single-Shot Measurements

Juan S. Rojas-Arias, Peter Stano, Yi-Hsien Wu, Leon C. Camenzind, Seigo Tarucha, Daniel Loss

Published Apr 20, 2026• 1 citation
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Abstract

We introduce Single-Shot Cross-Spectroscopy (SSCS), a method for extracting the auto- and cross-power spectral densities of dephasing noise in a qubit pair. The method uses straightforward input, namely, single-shot readouts from single-qubit Ramsey-type experiments, without requiring the reconstruction of qubit energy fluctuations from repeated measurements, and is resilient against errors in state preparation and measurement. We apply it to experimental data from a semiconductor spin-qubit device and obtain noise spectra over five orders of magnitude in frequency (5 mHz–500 Hz). Compared to other techniques, for spin qubits, SSCS enables access to noise correlations in the previously inaccessible intermediate-frequency range (1–500 Hz), and can be further extended with faster readout. The method is directly applicable to other qubit platforms, and the upper frequency it can probe is set by the repetition rate of a single-qubit preparation and measurement.

DOI
10.1103/1m1q-rvth

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